2009–10 KHL season

August 2021 2009–10 KHL season Kontinental Hockey League Ice hockey 200px 10 September 2009 – 27 April 2010 24 Regular season RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa Continental Cup winner RUS 16px Sergei Mozyakin Atlant Moscow Oblast Playoffs Western RUS HC MVD RUS 16px Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Eastern RUS Ak Bars Kazan RUS 16px Salavat Yulaev Ufa Gagarin Cup RUS Ak Bars Kazan RUS 16px HC MVD RUS Ilya Nikulin 2009–10 KHL season KHL#Seasons overview KHL 2008–09 KHL season 2008–09 2010–11 KHL season 2010–11 The 2009–10 KHL season was the second season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was held from 10 September 2009 to 27 April 2010, with a break for the Olympic winter games from 8 February to 3 March.http://en.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13691 KHL President Approves The Rules And The Calendar of KHL Championship in 2009/2010 Season KHL.ru 1 July 2009 1 December 2009 Ak Bars Kazan defended their title by defeating Western conference winners HC MVD in a seven-game play-off final. League changes On 16 June 2009, the KHL Board of Directors approved several changes to the league for the 2009–10 season.http://en.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13683 KHL Board of Directors Approved Championship Structure KHL.ru 16 June 2009 1 December 2009 Team changes The league admitted a new team, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Khimik Voskresensk did not play in the 2009–10 season due to financial problems, but they retained KHL membership and may return at a later date, meanwhile playing in the Russian Major League. Overall, the number of teams playing in 2009–10 remained at 24. Division realignment Teams were geographically aligned to aid travel conditions. The league were divided into a Western and an Eastern conference, each containing two divisions of six teams. Each team played the other teams in the same division 4 times (for a total of 20 games) and each team in the other divisions 2 times (for a total of 36 games). The regular season thus consisted of 56 games for every team. Play-off structure The top eight teams from each conference qualified for the play-offs. Division winners were awarded the top two seeds. In each conference quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played and the conference winners play for the Gagarin Cup. Conference quarterfinals were best-of-five series, the remaining rounds best-of-seven series. Overtime periods last 20 minutes or until the sudden death goal. Salary cap The aggregate income of all players of a team was limited to 620 million rubles (~US$20 million). Minimum aggregate salary for the players was 200 million rubles (~US$6.5 million). Each teams was allowed one "franchise player" exception, who did not count towards the cap. Rosters 25 players are allowed to be in the major team roster and 25 in the junior team roster of every club. The number of foreign players is restricted to 5, at most one of them as goaltender. Junior league The league implemented a more advanced and organized junior hockey sub-league to focus on development. It features players from 17 to 21 years of age. Entry draft On 1 June 2009, the inaugural entry draft for the KHL was held. Each team's hockey school was able to protect 25 players from the 17-21 agegroup prior to the draft. Goal crease Goal crease was shrunk to the NHL dimensions.http://www.khl.ru/news/vorota.jpg Goal crease diagram 19 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162054/http://www.khl.ru/news/vorota.jpg 21 July 2011 dead Regular season The regular season started on 10 September 2009 with the "Opening Cup" and ended on 7 March 2010. A few small breaks for the national team and the All-Star game as well as a large break for the Olympic winter games from 8 February to 3 March were scheduled. Each team played a total of 56 games (4 times against the division opponents and 2 times against all other teams). The winner of the regular season was awarded the Continental Cup. Notable events Opening Cup The first game of each KHL season is the "Opening Cup" played between the two finalists of the last season. In 2009, the game was played at the TatNeft Arena in Kazan and won by last year's champion Ak Bars Kazan, beating runner-up Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 3–2 in overtime. The two teams were wearing special uniforms with an Opening Cup logo.http://en.khl.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13771 Eight Days Left Before The Opening Cup Game KHL.ru 2 September 2009 1 December 2009 Fetisov comeback On 11 December 2009, Russian hockey legend Viacheslav Fetisov gave a one-game comeback in professional hockey at the age of 51. In this game for CSKA Moscow he played for 8 minutes without a shot on the goal, but it created a very large media interest, not only for himself but also for CSKA Moscow and the KHL.http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/12/11/23753.html Fetisov's Day KHL.ru 11 December 2009 26 January 2010 Mass brawl in Chekhov On 9 January 2010, in the game between Vityaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk, a bench-clearing brawl broke out in the 4th minute of the first period, and a bench- and penalty-box-clearing brawl broke out 39 seconds later, forcing the officials to abandon the game, since only four players were left to play. Thirty-three players and both teams' coaches were ejected, and a world record total of 707 penalty minutes were incurred.2010-01-10 Brawl in KHL game yields 691 penalty minutes https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4812482 2021-08-16 ESPN.com en The KHL imposed fines totaling 5.7 million rubles ($191,000), suspended seven players, and counted the game as a 5–0 defeat for both teams, with no points being awarded.Both teams lose https://en.khl.ru/news/2010/01/10/225881.html 2021-08-16 en.khl.ru All-Star Game The 2nd KHL All-star game was played on 30 January 2010 in the new Minsk-Arena in Minsk, Belarus. As in the previous year, Team Jágr won against Team Yashin, this time with a score of 11–8.http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/1/30/23794.html No revenge for Yashin KHL.ru 30 January 2010 1 February 2010 24 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224081156/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/1/30/23794.html dead Continental Cup The first Continental Cup in the KHL history was won by Salavat Yulaev Ufa on 5 March 2010, after the club became unreachable by other clubs in the KHL standings one game before the end of the regular season, and extended their regular-season winning streak to three.http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/3/5/23808.html Ufa's first trophy khl.ru 5 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100311180104/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/3/5/23808.html 11 March 2010 live League standings Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/statistics/167/ KHL Regular season standings KHL.ru 1 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100206031545/http://en.khl.ru/statistics/167/ 6 February 2010 dead Points are awarded as follows: 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W") 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or penalty shootout ("SOW") 1 Point for a loss in a penalty shootout ("SOL") or overtime ("OTL") 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")     Division winner     Qualified for playoffs Conference standings The conference standings will determine the seedings for the play-offs. The first two places in each conference are reserved for the division leaders. RankWestern Conference GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 RUS SKA Saint Petersburg56 36 1 3 3 3 10 192 118 1222 RUS HC MVD56 30 1 0 6 4 15 160 135 1023 RUS Dynamo Moscow56 28 2 3 4 3 16 166 151 1014 RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast56 24 4 9 1 2 16 173 137 1015 RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl56 26 3 2 4 4 17 163 132 966 RUS Spartak Moscow56 24 4 4 4 0 20 178 168 927 RUS CSKA Moscow56 22 3 5 4 1 21 148 135 878 LAT Dinamo Riga56 23 1 3 4 3 22 174 175 849 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod56 22 1 1 1 4 27 154 163 7510 RUS Severstal Cherepovets56 16 2 7 6 2 23 151 1627411 BLR Dinamo Minsk56 17 1 5 2 0 31 139 164 6512 RUS Vityaz Chekhov56 13 3 2 2 3 331 1421 2161541 Rank Eastern Conference GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa56 37 4 3 3 1 8 215 116 1292 RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk56 34 2 4 1 0 15 167 111 1153 RUS Ak Bars Kazan56 25 4 4 3 2 18 159 128 964 RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk56 27 3 1 4 0 21 176 166 935 RUS Avangard Omsk56 24 2 2 6 4 181152112819016 KAZ Barys Astana56 20 5 1 6 1 23 169 173 797 RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk56 18 0 3 2 2 31 137 192 648 RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg56 14 2 6 2 4 28 127 159 649 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk56 15 2 5 3 1 30 147 190 6310 Russia Amur Khabarovsk56 12 3 6 4 2 29 129 187 6011 RUS Lada Togliatti56 14 0 2 6 3 31 115 173 5512 Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk56 13 1 2 2 5 33 105 159 52 1 The KHL decided that as a result of the game between Vityaz Chekhov and Avangard Omsk on 9 January 2010 being abandoned due to a mass brawl which left neither team having the required number of players to continue, the game counted as a 5–0 defeat for both teams with no points being awarded. Divisional standings Western Conference DR CR Bobrov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 1 RUS SKA Saint Petersburg56 36 1 3 3 3 10 192 118 1222 3 RUS Dynamo Moscow56 28 2 3 4 3 16 166 151 1013 6 RUS HC Spartak Moscow56 24 4 4 4 0 20 178 168 924 7 RUS CSKA Moscow56 22 3 5 4 1 21 148 135 875 8 LAT Dinamo Riga56 23 1 3 4 3 22 174 175 846 11 BLR 1995 Dinamo Minsk56 17 1 5 2 0 31 139 164 65 DR CR Tarasov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 2 RUS HC MVD56 30 1 0 6 4 15 160 135 1022 4 RUS Atlant Moscow Oblast56 24 4 9 1 2 16 173 137 1013 5 RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl56 26 3 2 4 4 17 163 132 964 3 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod56 22 1 1 1 4 27 154 163 755 3 RUS Severstal Cherepovets56 16 2 7 6 2 23 151 162746 12 RUS Vityaz Chekhov56 13 3 2 2 3 33 142 216 54 Eastern Conference DR CR Kharlamov Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 2 RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk56 34 2 4 1 0 15 167 111 1152 3 RUS Ak Bars Kazan56 25 4 4 3 2 18 159 128 963 4 RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk56 27 3 1 4 0 21 176 166 934 7 RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk56 18 0 3 2 2 31 137 192 645 8 RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg56 14 2 6 2 4 28 127 159 646 11 RUS Lada Togliatti56 14 0 2 6 3 31 115 173 55 DR CR Chernyshev Division GP W OTW SOW SOL OTL L GF GA Pts1 1 RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa56 37 4 3 3 1 8 215 116 1292 5 RUS Avangard Omsk56 24 2 2 6 4 18 152 128903 6 KAZ Barys Astana56 20 5 1 6 1 23 169 173 794 9 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk56 15 2 5 3 1 30 147 190 635 10 Russia Amur Khabarovsk56 12 3 6 4 2 29 129 187 606 12 Russia Metallurg Novokuznetsk56 13 1 2 2 5 33 105 159 52 League leaders Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/statistics/167/?section=skaters KHL Regular Season Statistics: Skaters KHL.ru 1 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100315040811/http://en.khl.ru/statistics/167/?section=skaters 15 March 2010 deadhttp://en.khl.ru/statistics/167/?section=goalie KHL Regular Season Statistics: Goalies KHL.ru 1 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724220718/http://en.khl.ru/statistics/167/?section=goalie 24 July 2011 dead Goals SVK Marcel Hossa (Riga) 35 Assists RUS Alexei Yashin (SKA) 46 Points RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant) 66 Shots on goal SVK Marcel Hossa (Riga) 216 Plus–minus NOR Patrick Thoresen (Ufa) +45 Penalty minutes CAN Darcy Verot (Chekhov) 374 Wins (Goaltenders) USA Robert Esche (SKA) 29 Goals against average FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan) 1.73 Save percentage FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan) 93.5 Shutouts RUS Vasily Koshechkin (Magnitogorsk) 8 Goaltenders: minimum 20 games played Scoring leaders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/167/pts/ Player Stats: 2009–2010 Regular Season: All Skater – Total Points Kontinental Hockey League 27 February 2011 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMRUS Sergei Mozyakin Atlant Moscow Oblast 56 27 39 66 +24 44RUS Maxim Sushinski SKA Saint Petersburg 56 27 38 65 +28 87RUS Alexei Yashin SKA Saint Petersburg 56 18 46 64 +21 38RUS Alexander Radulov Salavat Yulaev Ufa 54 24 39 63 +44 62SWE Mattias Weinhandl Dynamo Moscow 56 26 34 60 +10 36NOR Patrick Thoresen Salavat Yulaev Ufa 56 24 33 57 +45 71SVK Marcel Hossa Dinamo Riga 56 35 19 54 –3 44 CZE Jiří Hudler Dynamo Moscow 54 19 35 54 +7 115SVK Branko Radivojevič Spartak Moscow 56 18 36 54 –4 18RUS Sergei Zinovjev Salavat Yulaev Ufa 47 17 36 53 +24 83 Leading goaltenders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/167/gaa/ Player Stats: 2009–2010 Regular Season: Goalie – Goals Against Average Kontinental Hockey League 27 February 2011 GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP Min W L SOL GA SO SV% GAAFIN Petri Vehanen Ak Bars Kazan 25 1528:58 15 5 5 44 3 .935 1.73RUS Alexander Yeremenko Salavat Yulaev Ufa 32 1769:55 24 5 0 52 2 .931 1.76RUS Ilya Proskuryakov Metallurg Magnitogorsk 32 1809:31 19 8 4 58 4 .927 1.92RUS Vasily Koshechkin Metallurg Magnitogorsk 49 2840:43 25 16 8 93 8 .933 1.96CAN Michael Garnett HC MVD 44 2561:54 24 15 4 88 5 .917 2.06 Playoffs right|175px|thumb|The Gagarin Cup The eight best teams of each conference qualified for the playoffs. The first three rounds are played within the conferences, then the two winners will play in the Gagarin Cup final. The playoffs started on 10 March 2010 and ended on 27 April with the seventh game of the Gagarin Cup final. Remarkably, each of all the fifteen play-off series was won by the team which won the first game in the series. main Bracket 0 Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Gagarin Cup Finals Eastern Conference Western Conference 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 RUS Salavat Yulaev 3 RUS Avtomobilist 1 RUS Metallurg Mg 3 RUS Traktor 1 RUS Ak Bars 3 KAZ Barys 0 RUS Neftekhimik 3 RUS Avangard 0 RUS SKA 1 LAT Dinamo Riga 3 RUS HC MVD 3 RUS CSKA 0 RUS Dynamo Moscow 1 RUS Spartak 3 RUS Atlant 1 RUS Lokomotiv 3 1 RUS Salavat Yulaev 4 4 RUS Neftekhimik 2 2 RUS Metallurg Mg 2 3 RUS Ak Bars 4 2 RUS HC MVD 4 8 LAT Dinamo Riga 1 5 RUS Lokomotiv 4 6 RUS Spartak 2 1 RUS Salavat Yulaev 2 3 RUS Ak Bars 4 2 RUS HC MVD 4 5 RUS Lokomotiv 3 E RUS Ak Bars 4 W RUS HC MVD 3 Playoff leaders Source: khl.ruhttp://en.khl.ru/stat/players/168/goalies/ KHL Playoff Statistics: Skaters KHL.ru 27 February 2011 http://en.khl.ru/stat/players/168/goalies/ KHL Playoff Statistics: Goalies KHL.ru 27 February 2011 Goals BLR Alexei Ugarov (Balashikha) 9 Assists RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa)RUS Alexei Tsvetkov (Balashikha) 11 Points RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa) 19 Shots on goal SVK Martin Štrbák (Balashikha) 63 Plus–minus CZE Josef Vašíček (Yarsolavl) +15 Penalty minutes RUS Dmitri Kalinin (Ufa) 58 Wins (Goaltenders) FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan) 15 Goals against average RUS Ivan Kasutin (Nizhnekamsk) 1.36 Save percentage RUS Ivan Kasutin (Nizhnekamsk) 95.5 Shutouts RUS Ivan Kasutin (Nizhnekamsk)FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan) GER Dimitri Kotschnew (Moscow) 2 Goaltenders: minimum 5 games played Scoring leaders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/168/pts/ Player Stats: 2009–2010 Playoffs: All Skaters – Total Points Kontinental Hockey League 27 February 2011 GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIMRUS Alexander Radulov Salavat Yulaev Ufa 16 8 11 19 +7 10FIN Niko Kapanen Ak Bars Kazan 22 8 9 17 +3 6RUS Alexei Tsvetkov HC MVD 22 5 11 16 +6 14RUS Alexander Galimov Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 16 8 6 14 +4 33NOR Patrick Thoresen Salavat Yulaev Ufa 15 5 9 14 +3 37 Leading goaltenders Source: khl.ru http://en.khl.ru/stat/leaders/168/gaa/ Player Stats: 2009–2010 Playoff: Goalie – Goals Against Average Kontinental Hockey League 27 February 2011 GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Team GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAARUS Ivan Kasutin Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 9 528:58 5 4 12 2 .954 1.36FIN Petri Vehanen Ak Bars Kazan 22 1388:40 15 7 37 2 .937 1.60RUS Alexander Eremenko Salavat Yulaev Ufa 12 725:34 8 4 52 1 .934 1.65RUS Georgi Gelashvili Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 17 1050:13 10 6 33 1 .933 1.89LAT Edgars Masaļskis Dinamo Riga 6 373:30 3 2 12 1 .934 1.93 Final standings RankTeam 1 RUS Ak Bars Kazan 2 RUS HC MVD 3 RUS Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4 RUS Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 5 RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk 6 RUS Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 7 RUS Spartak Moscow 8 LAT Dinamo Riga 9 RUS SKA Saint Petersburg 10 RUS Dynamo Moscow 11 RUS Atlant Mytishchi 12 RUS Avangard Omsk 13 RUS CSKA Moscow 14 KAZ Barys Astana 15 RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk 16 RUS Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 17 RUS Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 18 RUS Severstal Cherepovets 19 BLR Dinamo Minsk 20 RUS Sibir Novosibirsk 21 RUS Amur Khabarovsk 22 RUS Lada Togliatti 23 RUS Vityaz Chekhov 24 RUS Metallurg Novokuznetsk Awards Players of the Month Best KHL players of each month. MonthGoaltenderDefenseForwardRookieSeptemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2009/10/7/23683.html September's stars KHL.ru 7 October 2009 1 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091020070922/http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/10/7/23683.html 20 October 2009 live RUS Ilya Proskuryakov (Magnitogorsk)RUS Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA)RUS Kirill Knyazev (Spartak)RUS Sergei Belokon (Vityaz)Octoberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2009/11/3/23710.html October's finest KHL.ru 2 November 2009 1 December 2009 24 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224080412/http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/11/3/23710.html deadFIN Karri Rämö (Omsk)RUS Dmitri Kalinin (Ufa)SWE Mattias Weinhandl (Dynamo M)SWE Linus Omark (Dynamo M)Novemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2009/12/2/23740.html November's finest KHL.ru 2 December 2009 3 December 2009 24 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224080423/http://en.khl.ru/news/2009/12/2/23740.html deadRUS Georgi Gelashvili (Yaroslavl)RUS Sergei Zubov (SKA)RUS Maxim Sushinsky (SKA)RUS Nikita Filatov (CSKA)Decemberhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2010/1/1/23762.html December's finest KHL.ru 1 January 2010 4 January 2010 24 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224080448/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/1/1/23762.html deadKAZ Vitaliy Yeremeyev (Dynamo M)RUS Dmitri Bykov (Atlant)RUS Sergei Mozyakin (Atlant)RUS Nikolai Belov (Neftekhimik)Januaryhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2010/2/2/23796.html January's finest KHL.ru 1 January 2010 3 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100213172957/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/2/2/23796.html 13 February 2010 live USA Robert Esche (SKA)RUS Sergei Zubov (SKA)CAN Geoff Platt (Minsk)RUS Alexander Komaristy (Chekhov)February Olympic breakMarchhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2010/4/1/23825.html Finest in March KHL.ru 2010-04-01 1 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100420110607/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/4/1/23825.html 20 April 2010 live RUS Ivan Kasutin (Neftekhimik)RUS Alexander Guskov (Yaroslavl)RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa)RUS Konstantin Plaksin (Traktor)Aprilhttp://en.khl.ru/news/2010/4/29/23852.html April's Finest KHL.ru 2010-04-29 29 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100501132029/http://en.khl.ru/news/2010/4/29/23852.html 1 May 2010 live FIN Petri Vehanen (Kazan)RUS Ilya Nikulin (Kazan)RUS Alexei Tsvetkov (HC MVD)not awarded KHL Awards On 25 May 2010, the KHL held their annual award ceremony. A total of 20 different awards were handed out to teams, players, officials and media.http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/5/25/27488.html ru:Все золото Лиги ru KHL.ru 26 May 2010 26 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100527095701/http://www.khl.ru/news/2010/5/25/27488.html 27 May 2010 live The most important trophies are listed in the table below. Golden Stick Award (regular season MVP) RUS Alexander Radulov (Ufa) Play-off Master Award (play-off MVP) RUS Ilya Nikulin (Kazan) Alexei Cherepanov Award (best rookie) RUS Anatoli Nikontsev (Yekaterinburg) The league also awarded six "Golden Helmets" for the members of the all-star team: Forwards RUS Alexander RadulovSalavat Yulaev Ufa SVK Marcel HossaDinamo Riga RUS Sergei MozyakinAtlant Moscow Oblast Defense RUS Sergei ZubovSKA St. Petersburg RUS Dmitri KalininSalavat Yulaev Ufa Goalie CAN Michael GarnettHC MVD References 2009-10 1 1